Hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines

ABSTRACT

NOVEL HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRIS-(4-HYDROXYARYL)-S-TRIAZINES HAVE BEEN PREPARED. THESE COMPOUNDS ARE EFFECTIVE STABILIZERS FOR ORGANIC MATERIALS, SUCH AS A-OLEFIN POLYMERS AND COPOLYMERS, ACETAL POLYMERS, POLYAMIDES, POLYESTERS AND POLYURETHANES, AGAINST THE DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF OXYGEN, HEAT AND LIGHT.

3,567,724 HEXAHYDRO-1,3,5-TRllS-(4-HYDROXYARYD-s- TRIAZINES Warren L. Beears, Brecksville, Ohio, assignor to The B. F. Goodrich Company, New York, N.Y.

No Drawing. Filed Oct. 31, 1968, Ser. No. 772,363 Int. Cl. C0711 55/38 US. Cl. 260-248 7 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DlSCLOSURE Novel hexahydro- 1 ,3,5-tris- (4-hydroxyaryl -s-triazines have been prepared. These compounds are effective stabilizers for organic materials, such as ot-olefin polymers and copolymers, acetal polymers, polyamides, polyesters and polyurethanes, against the deleterious eliects of oxygen, heat and light.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The ability of the hindered phenolic compounds to stabilize materials against oxidative degradation is widely recognized. More recently, the trend has been to prepare compounds containing a plurality of hindered phenolic moieties attached through some common nucleus. Using this technique, high molecular weight compounds which I United States Patent O 3,567,724 Patented Mar. 2, 1971 The compounds of the present invention are represented by the structural formula wherein R and R are tertiary alkyl groups containing from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, R is hydrogen or alkyl groups containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R; is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m is an integer from 2 to 5.

Preferred compounds of the present invention will have the formula are effective as stabilizers can be obtained. Such compounds are appreciably less volatile, due to their increased molecular weight, than if the individual phenolic moiety were employed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION I have now prepared novel heXahydro-l,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine compounds having a hydroxyl group hindered by two alkyl radicals immediately adjacent to it in the 3 and 5 ring positions. The present compounds consist of a symmetrical heXahydro-l,3,5-triazine nucleus wherein R is hydrogen or a methyl group and n is an integer between 4 and 12. These compounds are excellent stabilizers for organic materials which are subject to oxidative, thermal and photochemical degradation. It is notable with the heXahydro-l,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines of the present invention that although they are high molecular weight materials, the weight ratio of the phenol to the total weight of the molecule remains high. Accordingly, effective stabilization of organic materials with low levels of the hexahydro-1,3,5-trizs-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines is possible. This results in a significant economic advantage to the user. The present compounds are also effective stabilizers for high temperature applications due to their extremely low volatility.

Hexahydro 1,3,5 tris (4 hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines within the scope of the present invention include:

hexahydro-1 ,3,5 -tris-fi- (3,5 -di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro- 1 ,3,5 -tris-/3- 3,5 -di-t-amyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-B-( 3 -t-butyl-5-t-amyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-[3- [3,5-di 1-methyl1-ethy1propyl)- 4-hydroxyphenyl] propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro-1,3 ,5 -tris- 8- 3 ,5-di(1,1,2,2-tetramethylpropyl)- 4-hydroxyphenyl] pro pionyl-s-tri azine,

hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-B- [3,5-di( 1,1-dimethylpentyl) -4- hydroxyphenyl] propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro-1,3 ,5 -tris-fl- 3 ,5 -di-( 1, l-dimethyldecyl) -4- hydroxyphenyl] propionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro- 1 ,3,5-tris-fi- 3 ,5 -di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) u-methylpropionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro-1,3 ,5 -tris-/3- 3,5 -di-t-amyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) a-methylpropionyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro- 1 ,3,5-tris-5- (3 ,5 -di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) butenyl-s-triazine,

hexahydro- 1 ,3,5 -tl'iS-'y- 3,5 -di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) butenyl-s-triazine and the like.

It is not necessary that the phenolic substituents on the hexahydro-s-triazine ring be identical. Unsymmetrical hexahydro-s-triazines, that is, substituted with dissimilar hindered phenolic substituents, may be prepared and are within the scope of the present invention.

The novel hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are high melting crystalline solids soluble in acetone, methylethyl ketone, diethyl ether, dioxane, tetrahydrofuran, chloroform and aromatic hydrocarbons such as benzene and toluene. They are slightly soluble in aliphatic hydrocarbons and alcohols such as methanol and ethanol. Recrystallization of these compounds is best achieved from hot chloroform or a mixture of hot chloroform and hexane. Generally, the compounds will range in color from white to a very pale yellow when pure. The presence of solvent residues or other impurities will generally cause yellowing of the compounds upon standing, especially upon exposure to air.

The hexahydro 1,3,5-tris-fi-(3,S-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine is a white crystalline solid existing in three metastable states, an rat-crystalline form, a B-crystalline form' and a glass. The temperature and recrystallization medium employed generally determine which crystalline form is obtained. The a-crystalline form is obtained upon recrystallization from chloroform solution. The ,fi-form can be obtained upon recrystallizing from boiling toluene. Mixtures of the aand fi-form generally Will result if the compounds are precipitated from N,N- dimethylformamide by the addition of water. Both the 04- and B-crystalline forms melt at 233 C. to 235 C. Initial melting in the range of 80 to 105 C. will be observed With the a-form, however, this is actually the transition to the B-crystalline form.

The hexahydro 1,3,5 tris- (4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are prepared by combining three mols of the appropriate hindered phenol with one mol of the hexahydro-s-triazine of the formula wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms. A metal salt of the hindered phenol,

formed by the action of a base on the phenol, is reacted with the above-depicted hexahydro-s-triazine compound. The process for preparing the metal salt of the phenol is fully set forth in US. Patent 2,974,171. Elevated temperatures (-150 C.) and inert diluents, such as N,N-dimethylformamide, are generally employed to form the hexahydro 1,3,5 tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines.

The hexahydro 1,3,5 tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines of this invention are extremely useful stabilizers. They are useful in a wide variety of organic materials to prevent oxidative, thermal or photochemical degradation. Their ability to effectively stabilize organic materials is attributed, at least partially, to the ability of the hexahydro-striazine ring to be substituted with three hindered phenol groups, thus providing a high molecular Weight compound without unduly diluting the hindered hydroxyl grouping.

Organic materials which are stabilized in accordance with the present invention include both natural and synthetic polymers. The hexahydro 1,3,5 tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are advantageously employed for the stabilization of homopolymers of ethylene, propylene, butene-l, isobutylene, pentene-l, hexene-l, 4-methylpentene-l, and the like, or copolymers thereof such as ethylene-propylene copolymer, ethylene-butene-l copolymer, 4-methyl-l-pentene-hexene-l copolymer and the like; ethylene-propylene-diene rubbers wherein the diene is 1,4- hexadiene, 2-methyl-1,4-hexadiene, dimethyl-1,4,9-decatrienes, dicyclopentadiene, vinylcyclohexene, vinyl norbornene, ethylidene norbornene, methylene norbornene, norbornadiene, methyl norbornadiene, methyl tetrahydroindene and the like; polyacetal resins, such as acetal homopolymers derived from the polymerization of formaldehyde or acetal copolymers derived from trioxane; polyesters obtained by the condensation of saturated or unsaturated anhydrides or dibasic acids, such as maleic, furmaric, itoconic or terephthalic anhydrides or fumaric, adipic, azelaic, sebacic or isophthalic acids, with a glycol such as propylene glycol, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, neopentyl glycol or trimethyl pentanediol; polyetheror polyester-derived polyurethanes; and polyamides such as polycaprolactam or those obtained by the condensation of hexamethylene-diamine with adipic or sebacic acid or the like. The present compounds are also useful stabilizers for natural rubber; halogenated rubber; conjugated diene polymers such as polybutadiene, copolymers of butadiene with styrene, acrylonitrile, acrylic acid, alkyl acrylates or methacrylates, methylvinyl ketone, vinyl pyridine and the like, polyisoprene or polychloroprene; vinyl polymers such as polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl fluoride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyvinyl acetate, copolymers of vinyl chloride with vinylidene chloride, butadiene, styrene vinyl esters, ot,B-olefinically unsaturated acids and esters thereof, c eolefinically unsaturated ketones and aldehydes and the like; homopolymers and copolymers of acrylic monomers such as acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, acrylamide, methacrylamide, N-methylol acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile or the like; polycarbonates; epoxy resins such as those obtained by the condensation of epichlorohydrin with bisphenols; epichlorohydrin-ethylene oxide or propylene oxide copolymers; and the like.

In addition to the above-mentioned polymeric organic materials the hexahydro 1,3,5 tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-striazines may also be employed to stabilize organic nonpolymeric materials. Such materials include waxes; syntheticand petroleum-derived lubricating oils and greases; mineral oils such as fat, tallow, lard, codliver oil and sperm oil, vegetable oils such as castor, linseed, peanut, palm, cotton seed or the like; fuel oil; diesel oil; gasoline; and the like.

The hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4 hydroxyaryl) s triazines are especially useful stabilizers for a-monoolefins, homopolymers and copolymers, polyacetal homopolymers and copolymers, polyamides, polyesters and polyurethanes. High and low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyisobutylene and poly(4-methyl-l-pentene) have markedly improved resistance to oxidative, thermal and photochemical degradation when stabilizing amounts of the present compounds are incorporated therein. Ethylene-propylene copolymers and ethylene-propylene terpolymers containing less than about 10% by weight of a multiple unsaturated third monomer are also effectively stabilized with the hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl) s triazines. Polymer blends, that is, physical mixtures of two or more a-rnonoolefin copolymers or homopolymers are also stabilized in accordance with the present invention.

The amount of stabilizer employed will vary with the particular material to be stabilized and also the particular hexahydro 1,3,5 tris (4 hydroxyaryl) s triazine employed, Generally, however, for effective stabilization of most organic materials an amount of the hexahydro 1,3,5 tris (4 hydroxyaryl) s triazine ranging from about 0.001% to about 10% by Weight based on the weight of the organic material will be employed. In most applications the amount of stabilizer employed will vary between about 0.01% and about 5% by weight. With the poly(a-monoolefin) homopolymers and copolymers, about 0.01 to about 1.5% by weight of the hexahydro- 1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine based on the weight of the polymer will be employed. Certain of the hexahydro-l,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines will be more useful in given applications than others. This is attributable, at least in part, to the compatibility of the particular hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine with the organic material to be stabilized as a result of varying the alkyl substituents and their position on the phenol ring or varying the number of methylene units linking the phenolic moiety to the triazine nucleus.

The compounds of this invention are readily incorporated into most organic materials and generally require no special processing. Conventional methods of incorporation have generally been found to be adequate. For example, the hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are incorporated into polymers by mixing on a rubber mill or in a Banbury mixer; or they may be added alone, in a suitable solvent, or masterbatched with other ingredients to a solution or dispersion of the polymer. The solubility of the present compounds in a wide variety of organic solvents facilitates their use in solution and also renders them compatible with most oils and lubricauts.

The hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are compatible with conventional compounding ingredients such as processing oils, plasticizers, lubricants, antisticking agents, fillers, reinforcing agents, sulfur and other curing agents, accelerators, anti-foaming agents, rust inhibitors and the like. They are also compatible with other known antioxidants, antiozonants, color and heat stabilizers, ultraviolet absorbers and the like and when employed in combination with certain of these stabilizers a synergistic effect will be produced. Synergism results, for example, when the hexahydro-l,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)s-triazines are combined with peroxide decomposing compounds such as dithiocarbamates, zinc dialkylthiophosphates or organic sulfides such as those described in US Patent 2,519,755. An especially marked synergistic effect is obtained when the compounds of the present invention are combined with diesters of B-thiodipropionic acid having the formula ROOCCH CH SCH CH COOR wherein R is an alkyl group containing from 6 to 20 carbon atoms such as octyl, decyl, lauryl, cetyl, stearyl, palmityl, benzyl, cyclohexyl and the like. Typically, the amount of ,B-dialkylthiodipropionate employed will be varied between about 1 part and 5 parts per part of the hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4- hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine in order to achieve optimum synergistic activity. Other useful stabilizer compositions possessing synergistic activity are obtained when the hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazines are combined with other phenolic compounds, which are well known to the art, such as 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-rnethyl phenol, tetra [methylene-3-(3,5-di t butyl 4 hydroxyphenyl)propionate]methane, 1,3,5 trimethyl 2,4,6 tris (3,5dit-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl)benzene, octadecyl 3 (3,5-dit-butyl 4 hydroxyphenyl)propionate, tris (3,5 di tbutyl 4 hydroxyphenyl)phosphate, 4,4 thiobis (3- methyl-6-t-butylphenol) and the like.

The following examples illustrate the invention more fully. In theseexamples all parts and percentages are given on a weight basis unless otherwise indicated.

Example I A glass reactor equipped with a stirrer, condenser and dropping funnel was charged with 21.6 grams (0.4 mol) powdered sodium methoxide and 785 grams of N,N-dimethylformamide which had been previously dried and distilled over calcium hydride. To this suspension was added 453.2 grams (2.2 111015) of redistilled 2,6-di-t-butylphenol and the resulting reaction mixture heated with stirring under a nitrogen blanket to distill off methanol. The distillation was terminated when the distillate temperature reached 149 C. The reaction mixture was then allowed to cool to room temperature and 116 grams (0.666 mol) 1,3,5-triacryl-perhydro-s-triazine dissolved in 785 grams of N,N-dimethylformamide containing about 2 grams of 2,6-di-t-butyl-p-cresol added. The resulting reaction mixture was then heated at 135 C. for 3 hours maintaining the nitrogen blanket. grams of 1:1 hydrochloric acid was then charged to the cooled reaction mixture. The sodium chloride formed was removed from the reaction mixture by filtration and 10.9 grams of sodium hydrosulfite added to the resulting filtrate. The N,N-dimethylformamide was then partially removed under vacuum and the resulting mass heated to approximately 80 C. and 154 grams of distilled water added with rapid stirring. This mixture was allowed to cool to 20 C. with continuous stirring. The resulting cream colored solid was collected by filtration and Washed successively with 10% aqueous ethanol and 70% aqueous ethanol. The white crystalline solid obtained upon recrystallization from chloroform-hexane melted at 237239 C. on a melting block. A sample nine times recrystallized from chloroform-hexane had a melting point, determined in a capillary, of 228-229 C. (uncorrected). Elemental analysis of this product agreed with the calculated values for hexahydro 1,3,5 tris fi (3,5 di t butyl 4 hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine. Analysis of the compound by infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy confirmed the compound to be hexahydro-l,3,5-tris-fl-(3,5- di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl s triazine. Hexahydro 1,3,5 tris 6 (3,5 di t amyl 4 hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine was also prepared using the abovedescribed procedure.

Example II A polymer blend of 75 parts polyvinyl chloride having a density of 1.56 and 25 parts of a methyl methacrylatebutadienestyrene polymer compounded with three parts of a tin stabilizer, 5 parts titanium dioxide and 0.5 part of a lubricant was milled 4 minutes at 390 F. and then aged in a 400 F. forced-air oven. After aging for about 30 to 40 minutes, significant color change was noted in the above composition. After 50 to 60 minutes copious amounts of HCl was evolved. When 1 part hexahydro 1,3,5 tris-543,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-striazine, as prepared in Example I, was incorporated as additional stabilizer and the sample tested under identical test conditions, significant color change of the sample did not develop until after minutes. Similarly, no gas evolution was apparent even after minutes aging.

:Example Ill A conventional high density polyethylene stabilized with 0.1 part hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-,8-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine was compared with polyethylene stabilized with several commercially available stabilizers and an unstabilized control. The recipes employed in these runs are set forth in Table I with test results. The samples were tested for oxygen absorption at 140 C.

TABLE I Parts Sample l 2 3 4 Ingredient Sample 14 Sample 15 High density polyethylene 100 100 100 100 Hexahydro-l,3,5-tris-B-(3,5di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy Natural rubber 100 100 phenyD-s-triazine 0.1 Zine oxide 85 85 1,3,5-trimethyl-2,4,6-tris-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy Titanium dioxide 15 15 benzyDbenzene 0.1 Ultramarinebluc 0.2 0.2 Octadeoyl-B-(3,5-di-t-butyl--hydroxyphenyl) Stearic acid 2.0 2.0 propionate 0.1 Sulfur 3 3 Induction time (hours) 0.5 135 110 80 Benzothiazyl disulfid0 1.0 1.0

Hexahydrod,3,5-tris-B-(3,5 y ydro phenyl) propionyl-s-triazine 1. 0

b additives were incorporated into the polyethylene The samples were, cured at F. for the time 1y di solving them in acetone, suspending the polyethylene quired to develop Optimum cure (as determined with a t g P then removmg the acetcfne under 'l viscurometer). These samples were then aged for 72 hours esstalhzed g i i q mlned 2 5 in oxygen bombs maintained at 70 C. Physical propermmutes S 0 P aced a 4'ca'vlty ACS ties (unaged and aged) for the control and stabilized samshimmed to the desired thickness and heated at 300 F. p165 are set forth in Table IV for 10 minutes, the last 5 minutes of which 150 tons pressure was applied. The samples were cooled while TABLE Iv maintaining this pressure. Sample 14 15 The oxygen absorption was determined on 10 mil originalpmpemesz I molded samples which were pressed on aluminum screens 5 300% modulus (psi) 400 410 and aged in P 9 m at in a g Scott tifig itifififitilcfit yi3::I:3:1:::::::::::::::::::::::: '33? *?33 tester block. The induction period, that 1s, the t1me re- Properties after aging: quired for autooxidation of the polyethylene to occur, was figgig g g g g g g 'h" "-4 recorded. Elongation (percent)- 390 220 Similar improved stabilities were achieved when hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-fi-(3,5-di-t-amyl 4 hydroxyphenyl) Example VII propionyl-s-tnazme was incorporated 1n polyethylene. one hundred parts ethy1ene pmpy1ene terpolymer Example IV (53% ethylene, 43% propylene, 4% ethylidene norbor- Hexahydro 1,3,5-tris-B-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphen- Ilene) was fi fi l i 75 a r f and y1)propionyl-s-triazine was incorporated in polypropylene 25 Parts nap t emc 0 an compoun e as o by itself and in combination with ,B-dialkylthiodipropi- I di t Pa -t onates in the same manner as employed in Example III. M t b t h 200 The recipes are set forth below in Table II. Samples W re Zinc oxide 5 prepared by molding the Stabiliz d polymer at 4 0 F- Stearic acid 1.0 and 4000 p.s.i. for two minutes. The samples were then S lf 1 5 transferred to a cold press maintained at 4000 ps f ra Mercaptobenzothiazole 1.5 two minute cooling period. 25 mil samples w ged 1n Tetramethylthiuram disulfide 0.8 an a r-Ci g (Well at The P YP QPY Dipentamethylene thiuram tetrasulfide 0.8 samples were deemed to have failed at the first signs of H h d 1 3 5 i sy3 5. 1-4- crazing. Test results are also tabulated 1n Table II. droxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine 1.0

TABLE II Sample 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Polypropylene 100 100 100 0 100 100 100 100 100 Parts hexahydro-l,3,5-tr1s-5-(3,5-d1-t-butyl- 4-hydroxyphenyl)-s-triazine 0.1 0. 25 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.1 0. 25 0.5 Parts p-dilaurylthiodipropionate.. 1. 0 Parts B-distearylthiodipropionate. 0

Hours to crazlng 1 8 Example VI A natural rubber white stock was prepared in accordance with the following recipe:

Example V To demonstrate the ability of the hexahydro-l,3,5-tris- ,B-(3,5- di-t-butyl-4-hydroxypheny1)-s-triazine to stabilize polypropylene against the deleterious effects of ultraviolet light, samples 58 and 11-13 of Example IV were exposed in a xenon dry-cycle weatherometer maintained at C. The samples were rotated to insure identical exposure for all samples and observed to regular intervals.

T l1e first color development and embri titlement is noted.

Samples were air aged at 150 and tensile properties of the rubber determined at 7 day intervals. The stability of the polymer is evident from the tabulation of the test results in Table V.

TABLE V Aging time 0 days 7 days 14 days 21 days Ultimate tensile strength (p.s.i. 2,050 2, 075 2, 000 1, 950 Percent tensile retained 101 98 95 Example VllI Unstabilized ethylene-propylene methyl tetrahydroindene (52% 44% 4% terpolymer containing 10 parts per million vanadium catalyst residue became sticky (degraded) after less than 1 day air-aging at C. When 0.1 part hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-fi-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine was employed to stabilize the rubber, the first manifestations of stickiness were not evident until after 22 days of aging.

Example IX The following compositions were stabilized with varying amounts of hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-B-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4- hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine as follows:

Stabilizer, Material parts Sample:

16 ABS resin O. 0. 5 0. 5 0. 5

20. Cyclohexene- 0. 001 21. Mineral oil. 0. 1 22. Synthetic lubricant. 1. 5 23 Polyethylene terephthalate resin 0. 5 24 Polyoxymethylene 0. 5 25 Acetal copolymer resin O. 5

All of the compositions (16-25) set forth above had improved oxidative stability over the unstabilized materials.

taining 0.5 part of a commercially available tin stabilizer (Tinuvin P). This sample (26) and an unstabilized control (sample 27) were air-aged for one Week at 120 C. Test results are tabulated in Table VI.

TABLE VI Sample 26 27 Original properties:

Tensile strength (p.s.i 4, 600 4, 420 Elongation (percent) 650 640 300% modulus (p.s.i.). 1, 080 1, 100 Percent change in properties at Tensile strength (p.s.i.) 66 90 Elongation (percent) +8 53 300% modulus (p.s.i.) -19 60 Example XII Sample- 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Foam Composition:

Natural rubber 20 20 20 9 9 9 100 100 100 1-. Polybntadiene rubber 91 91 91 100 100 Styrene-butadiene rubber 8O 80 80 Polystyrene (parts) 5 5 5 14.4 14.4 14. 4 Feldspar (parts) 50 50 Hexahydro-1,3,5-tris43-(3,5

butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyl-striazine (parts) 2. 5 5 2. 5 5 2. 5 5 i 2.5 5 Original compression modulus (grams/in!) 250 250 260 225 150 190 255 250 260 375 360 350 Percent change compression modulus after 72 hours +111 +15. 4 +8 +595 +147 +105 +850 +100 +51. 5 +173 +25. 6 +25. 7

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Example X 1. Hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4 hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine of An ethyl acrylate-acrylonitrile (%/30%) stabilized 40 th f l R3 in OH light reflectance) compared with a paper saturated with 70 an unstabilized control latex.

Example XI One part hexahydro 1,3,5-tris-[3-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl-s-triazine was employed to stabilize an elastomeric polyurethane (Estane 5740X140) conwherein R and R are tertiary alkyl groups containing from 4 to 18 carbon atoms, R is :a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or alkyl containing from 1 to 18 carbon atoms, R; is a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or alkyl containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and m. is an integer from 2 to 5.

2. The hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine of claim 1 having the formula wherein R is a radical selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or methyl.

3. The hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4 hydroxyaryl-s-triazine of claim 2 wherein R and R are tertiary alkyl groups containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms and R is hydrogen.

4. A hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyary1)-s-triazine of claim 3, hexahydro-1,3,S-tris-B-(3,S-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionyl-s-triazine.

5. A hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine of claim 3, hexahydro-lfiJ-tris-B-(3,5-di-t-amyl-4-hydroxyphenyl propionyl-s-triazine.

6. A hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyaryl)-s-triazine of claim 3, hexahydro-1,3,S-tris-fi-(3,S-di-t-buty1-4-hydr0xyphenyl)-u-methylpropionyl-s-triazine.

7. A hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(4-hydroxyary1)-s-triazine of claim 3, hexahydro-l,3,5-tris-;8-(3,5-di-t-amy1-4-hydroxyphenyl)-a-methy1propionyl-s-triazine.

JOHN M. FORD, Primary Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

